Jo,
Tremec says at their web site there are 8 possible locations for the shifter-turret! If you add in the different shift levers you could bolt on...anything is possible.
FWIW I call the inspection ports rear, mid and front...my Forte shifter-turret is in the FRONT HALF of the REAR port.
You may have the terminology correct...here is the Tremec factory Mid shifter web page...
http://www.ttcautomotive.com/English...080107_133.pdf
The link is to the Tremec page showing a shifter in the MID inspection port...looks to be another 3"+ ahead of my installation...from what you have said that is what you are looking for...if it is TOO far forward, you can probably find a lever with a small bend backwards...the "60's classic muscle car" shifter you wanted.
Better check with Shell Valley to be sure there isn't an interference in some of the dash/tunnel structure in that position.
Get some seat time in a 427" with the forward shifter...after a couple hours it may not be an issue...what ever you are used.
If at all possible, order the trans with the shifter you want from Tremec or if not install a turret kit while the trans is OUT of the car and NO LUBE...it is a little involved to change it while in the car...
http://www.fortesparts.com/
If you want more photos, send me your e-mail in a "private message"...I tried to send photos in a private e-mail but it doesn't support that...I must be at the limit at my CC photo album as I couldn't add but one photo there.
Before I ordered my car, I went to Cobra Club track events and got lots of books...the more I learned what looks original and appropriate for a accurate replica of a 427" or a 289"...here is the ERA page on the differences between a 289/427...not just the engine, they are really different cars.
http://www.erareplicas.com/differ/index.htm
I tend to lean towards accuracy in terms of appearance for the Cobra's, but if the car is impossible for you to sit in and drive whats the point?
Pete
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Originally Posted by jojoegen
Pete,That's almost or is exactly what I'm looking for and the same handle but yours isn't in the mid position on the trans is it? I thought the mid position was the brass plate in front of your shifter per your pictures from the gallery.Now if I can only find someone that has the tremec 600 and can tell me what position on the tremec to use to put the straight shifter even with the steering wheel I think I'll have my answer  . Does anyone know? Johnny G |